The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-09-03
GarantIsrn Duo NleholIsIsna.

iUUloIhNhi DhIUhUA1 DEl
GrantIsrn aud NlehOIIsIsm.
n. o. States, August 2lst.
In the lucid intervals between their parox.
isms OF wrath, In which they denounced
GOV, MeEnery as the worst OF governors and
the most iniqultous Of men, the ReformeFs
seem 10 comprehend the absurdity of their
rawlings and they tell tho people that there
10 no issues between the supporters of Gov,
MeEneFy and Ex-Governor Nichols except
the one Of "peFa0nal government In short,
they say thas the present Governor blasts the
State with "peFsOnal government, and that
the Ex-Governor, II given another show, will
bless It with non-peTsenal government, Thus
the New Orleans Ilcdynlle, after having assid-
uOusly but vainly lahoFed for Ave years to
smirch the public record and private ehaFae-
ter Of the Democratic Governor of Louisiana,
has secretly declared that the ground Of OPP
position to Gov, McEneTy, ''redueed to It's
last analysis, Is faYOrltism or personal gov
eminent" while the Shreveport Times, takes
up the hint and enlightens It's neighboFhoed
as to the only, sole and real issue In the cans
YRss, as follows;
HThis issue Tpersonal goYernmenSI remains
to-day the one allabserbing question The
personal honesty of the executive Is not an
Issue the progress OF the State In the past
-four years ID not an issue even the lapees Of
| the State Officials are not issues the people
| of Louisiana are called upon to decide
whether they shall be ruled by the personal
and political frienda Of one man."
Then every journalistic fog horn of Re
forms in tho State, echoes the loFdlY mouth
| ing of the Ifc and the dulGet warhings Of the
4 1&Rss and so we have the whole c0ngFega,
tion OF ReformeFs shouting the refrain Of
the sore heads 10 every. Administration
"'pslsonal government" .#
e4-taE aRAEFlsM.
i y And now would II not be well Tor those
really sincere gentlemen who are permitting
themselves to be bamboOzled by this cry OF
| ''peTspnai government" 70 pause moment
| and consider what Hpersonai gORernmentlisg ?
personal government" has been seldom
| attempted IN this country and has never met
| with any prolonged success, General Grant
| succeeded for time in establishing and car
/ rytng on a "peFsOnal government He and
! his party practically succeeded, through his
| overwhelming Influence with the masses Of
9 prople, infatuated to degree Of frenzied
/ devotion TO his person, in eontOunding all the
| departments of the government, the eXeeu-
| tive, the Legislative and judicial, under the
| dictatorship of their idol aud his cOrterie Of
advisers. Next, every appnintee, high or
/ low, was selected from the class Of the most
| malignant, Ia the majority Of cases the most
| corrupt, class Of the Republican party, the
one qualification for Office being personal
subsePPieney, absolute and, II necessary, alb
| iect TO Grant. The one and only unpard0n-
/ able sin was to be lukeWarm In the exhibition
/ Of fidelity 10 GFantism, A large majority of
| the Congressman were thus elected through
/ the appeals of the Republican press aud lead
ers Of the Grant party that every represents,
| tive or Senator should be a Grant man, and
/ hence the President the Congress, the Judi
ciary, and the government appOintees, great
and small, finally came to constitute one COM
| plete' mighty and lrresponslble personal Oil
/ garchy and the people, blinded by fanat-
/ zeal devotion TO 'the Savior Of the UnionH
| apPlauded, without Inquiry, every measure,
| right OF wrong, Of this powerful jnnta Of
| Which he was the head.
fI1ere was a apersonaI government" {" cover
| eEing In all It's most evil shapes, eight years
| Of onr history a1d which was never entirely
oVerLlroW9 until the Inauguration Of Presi-
dent Cleveland.
AN ATTEMPT 10 ESTABLISH EIcHoLLsIsM IN
| LOUISIANA.
The administration Of Grant, was the first
instance of purely Hpersonal government
iR thls country; 4 vas hoped by every true
| Democrat that II would be the last, or at
/ least that no attempt would ever be made By
any party, faction or clique, styling itself
Democratic, to reyiyeit But all snch hopes
we're Al-founded. One precedent leads to
| another, One political nionstrosity produces
anew race Of eyils against which freedom Of
/ opinion must be defended, and we are threat
ehed to-day With i'personal goVernmenn
In Louisiana, on q moro limited scale GER
| tainly, but Of q more yirulent and intoleTant
/ temper than even that OF Grant Not, how
ever, By GOV McEnery and his supporters,
but by the very men who are crying out
/ against q personal government that docs
not exist, By the very politicians who are
| shouting personal gQYernmenth 70 make
gdlous , penoeratlQ administration, bg ne
/ Rg}05Isers MeHlseiges
We may well doubt the sincerity Of those
who make professions Of purposes lleompat-
/ ible with human practice but when the
leaders 81 party proclaim deliberate cam
paign Of prescription Of their opponents and
/ d pgQjet of q government Of extreme peT6on-
allsui, or any other enterprise OF an odi0us
nature, there is no reason TO doubt their In
tentlon 10 carry II out, unless, per force, we
ant Of the meaning of the words they use.
they charge that of GOV. AieEpery to be-, the
I Reformers haye declared II to he their pnr-
pose 70 establish. Their program was an
bounced At the yery start of this eampslgp.
cial letter Which tie ablest and coolest
beaded leader Of the Reformers addressed To
| Gen. Nichols on let of February last, Tequst
4 ing him 10 become thelr candidate for tue
guberaatorsl o1lce. n that letter Col. ]. M.
| Holliugsworth said
fAt the Instance Qf many Of our staunchest
Democrats, have determined 70 Write dl-
reetiy to you. We hesitate to act unless
frankly advised BY yoa. II YOU VIII declare
/ that You VIII accept the nomination IL ten
dered to you not only here, but l believe ~
every parish and precinct in the State, Yolnp-
tary ergspi izatiops, spripglng from patriotic
Impulses VIII bc formed Il support your
| candidacy and 10 sieet members Qf Ns General
4Ssenhlj mo ieil cordially Uphold Vopr Gdsiil-
| iskfdtiogs Of tie gogeyRfaegstP
The letter then continues in an exalted
strain Of enlogy of the services of the pro.
posed eanqiaafe in ne HopfeqeIste army ana
/ the intrepidfty and atatesmanBhip BY which
he saved Louisiana from Radicslism and ire
stored the precious boon Of self-govergment
1 TO our STATE, Y and an assumption Of the abso-
/ Lutte and pnquestloping Affection and deEo-
tiop Of the people 10 bis person.
Gol. aolApgeYorthi let be nnaerstooa,
/ p not alone responsible for the substance Of
1 this letter OH tile contrary, he speaks dis
| tinetly as tie Rutbolized representative of
I the views of the Reform leaders formulated
after long Rnd careful consultation and
Sot Z RetoSner oF IL RefoEm oFgap Y ,as tas
l9ts Rss reggsIstse a ths Rs9gF9 e5llasa
sents To become tbe candidate without 8
word of dissent from inst program and
hence tacitly endorses H. And noW whgt is
That pfograiu of eaupaign and gogelnment
FouspATlog sToSHs Or aIcAoIlslsM
/. Gen. n =. Flcholls is % be 9 goyespog.
2. All ibe members Of the Senate aud
1 House of Representatives., NJ Rs large q
majority of them es possible, pre u be not
DEMOCRATS ana represensattyes Of their itn.
/ medlate eonstlfleneies, but Nichols men and
Representatives. 0f the Nichols admipistfa-
/ ti0p, hsst last and AZ TIC Line. Tie purpose
n t1 run 4 NICHOLS government ard tie bus
ipsss N tAe legslatiye depaEtraept 9eln9g
J eprhned 10 carrying out the measures Of TIE
( RxeeutiYe and his eabl 81 Reform chiefs,
no other qualification than belpg 3 Nic9olls
nan, ls Necessary or dealfabIe M tegi 81 ataf
4he executive ana legialatiYe depaft
/ Iqents Of the state government Under Eiqh
OILS IKE tboss d NE feasEM under Grait
bhing thva cQplopnd@d o. coarse every ap
pointee froa = Judge 70 the eppreme benel
u police 5SSrof e 70 he Eiepolls man an
tbas We are NJ have, under die k'savi0f Q
che stateH on d miniature scplei b pegeanH
government as coifpiefe ae that of the Hai9
under ihe Savior Il fle Nation
Aqr y tAis geEphFlsapis noyenent NJ sto
here. fcnhtois ana ytpre euilfifes "a 4iQi
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